Whatever happens tonight it's the last game of the season at Home Depot Center with a trip to MLS Cup 2009 in Seattle against either the Chicago Fire or Real Salt Lake in the offing for the winner.

Looks like another good playoff crowd gradually filling in with the temperature about 60 degrees and excellent for football.

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Houston travels to L.A. on Friday to take on the Galaxy for the Western Conference crown. This is the matchup of all matchups. The two best teams in the West (which makes it all the more funny that RSL is in the East and yet the city is farther west than Houston, but who's counting really?

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Well, my laptop just died so I'm depending on the kindness of coworkers here to blog (sporadically).

Here's the scenario: if the Galaxy win they'll face the Houston Dynamo at home 8 o'clock Friday; if Chivas USA wins they'll travel to Houston for a Sunday game.

There's just one change for the Galaxy today: Chris Birchall has fallen ill (nothing serious I'm told), so Chris Klein replaces him in midfield.

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I think we have the edge in today's match. But don't count Chivas out. When it's a derby match, each team can play their best soccer of the season. Today it should be the Galaxy. If Buddle is on his game today, we will be unstoppable.

I'm so nervous/excited that I can't think of anything else intelligent to say.

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An important game for two teams with identical records as the regular season winds down and playoff implications on the line.

Lovely warm fall night here at Home Depot Center; let's hope the crowd fills in.

Not surprisingly, Galaxy Coach Bruce Arena has rung the changes in the wake of the disappointing 2-0 loss to Columbus last weekend.

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I'm giddy as a school girl! I leave for the match in about 3 hours. Since I live in podunk Virginia, it will be a bit of a drive to get to DC. I've even made a sign that may or may not be like the title of this post. If they let me bring it in, it will be across the field from the camera on the left-ish side, near the corner flag.

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The Chicago Fire take on the Los Angeles Galaxy tonight at Toyota Park. No David Beckham, but LA still does have a strong road record while the Fire don't have the best home numbers.

I'll be watching so I decided to do a running commentary. Whether you are watching, or stuck somewhere you can't watch, please feel free to follow along here.

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He just tweeted his latest injury.

Buddle has started just eight MLS games this season because of a succession of injuries.

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Assuming that many of the USA players who are on the World Cup qualifying and Confederations Cup rosters will not be on the Gold Cup team, here is my pool of players that I see the 23 Gold Cup players coming from.
There are 78 here in total.
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Our Galaxy (1-1-9) takes on Toronto FC (4-4-4) on the road in a matinee match this afternoon. You can catch it on FoxSportsWest, or on Direct Kick if you've got it, at 1:00pm Pacific.

Next, head on over to ESPN or Galavision to watch the US Men's National Team take on Honduras in Chicago at 5:00pm Pacific.

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What do I keep saying in each preview? "Hey! We can win this one!"

I'm beginning to think we're snatching draws from the jaws of victory. And that was definitely true for last week's Sounders match.

But as a lifelong L.A. Galaxy fan, only last year's season can make this year look so good!

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That game totally and completely qualifies as "pulling one out of your ass".

As a Galaxy fan, this game was a tie that felt like a victory. Not only are we the first team to take points at Rio Tinto this season, but pulling it out in the 95th minute AFTER conceding a penalty kick showed the major difference between this year's team and the previous two.

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Lovely evening for football at Rio Tinto Stadium where the temperature is a balmy 68 degrees, the field immaculate and the snow-capped Wasatch Mountains glistening in the background.

The Galaxy have made just one change to the team that beat New York 1-0 last weekend with Stefani Miglioranzi playing in midfield in place of Josh Tudela who retreats to the bench.

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Landon Donovan, delantero de Los Angeles Galaxy y compañero de David Beckham, se convirtió en el goleador de la temporada 2008 en la Major League Soccer. El delantero superó a Kenny Cooper del Dallas FC al registrar 20 goles contra 18 de Cooper.
Landon Donovan anotó su gol número veinte precisamente frente al Dallas FC en un partido válido por la ultima fecha de la temporada regular y que terminó con un empate a dos goles. Click to continue reading...

Landon Donovan, delantero de Los Angeles Galaxy y compañero de David Beckham, se convirtió en el goleador de la temporada 2008 en la Major League Soccer. El delantero superó a Kenny Cooper del Dallas FC al registrar 20 goles contra 18 de Cooper.
Landon Donovan anotó su gol número veinte precisamente frente al Dallas FC en un partido válido por la ultima fecha de la temporada regular y que terminó con un empate a dos goles. Click to continue reading...

First off, my thoughts are with Palos Verdes Peninsula resident Bill Mason this evening, a long-time AYSO referee and a score board operator for the Galaxy, who I discovered tonight had a stroke last Sunday and is in intensive care at Torrance Memorial Hospital. Bill has struggled with ill health for some time and certainly didn't need this, so let's hope he's back in the press box soon.

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The Suck Bowl.

My husband is a lifelong New Orleans Saints fan.  For years now whenever the Saints play a team with an equally poor record he calls it "The Suck Bowl."  A fitting moniker for the game but the game usually ends up being quite entertaining.  A sucky offense against a sucky defense?

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Tomorrow afternoon, the Wizards return to Arrowhead Stadium to take on David Beckham and the Galaxy at 4 pm. Both team's are struggling right now, as since the all star break, the two are a combined 1-7-5. LA hasn't won since June. KC's only win since the all star break was a game against Chivas USA that they probably should have only gotten a point out of. Click to continue reading...

Good evening folks. I was able to work my way through the third of four parts of the most recent SBI Q&A session. There some very good and interesting questions in this batch, including asking for my takes on best American field players ever and best strikers in the world right now. There's a little something for everybody.

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The Galaxy looked sharper than they had in weeks last Saturday against the Revolution, which bodes well for the run they will have to make in order to get into the playoffs. However, this Saturday MLS has, in its infinite wisdom, decided to schedule league matches concurrently with a FIFA World Cup qualifier date.

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Turns out Bruce Arena's first Galaxy team looks a lot like Ruud Gullit's last team - not that he's got many options of course.

David Beckham is on his way to China for the Olympics closing ceremonies, Landon Donovan is recovering from last night's Guatemalan hackfest, um, game, Carlos Ruiz is now a Toronto player, eh, and new signing Eddie Lewis has the evening off too, recovering from the nasty blow to the head he took, no doubt.

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I've been sitting on this photo since the last week of last season. That was that pivotal "winner makes the playoffs" match between LA & Chicago that was one of the high points of 2007. Just like a the final episode of Six Feet Under it had drama & closure and it left you wanting more. But due to the curse of FIFA dates, stadium availabilities etc. Click to continue reading...

Blogging could be problematic tonight because of problems with the tubes and wires of the Internet thingie here at the Home Depot Center so bear with me (hey, it's only a $150 million stadium).

But former U.S. Coach Bruce Arena is in the building this evening so you know what that means. He didn't come all the way out from the East Coast just to watch.

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We're finally online.
Chivas USA
Zack Thornton
Carey Talley
Bobby Burling,
Shavar Thomas
Francisco Mendoza
Keith Savage
Jesse Marsch
Paulo Nagamura
Daniel Paladini
Justin Braun
Atiba Harris
Galaxy
Steve Cronin
Chris Klein
Sean Franklin
Ante jazic
Greg Vanney
David Beckham
Alvaro Pires
Peter Vagenas
Ely Allen
Edson Buddle
Landon Donovan
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Everyone has an opinion about Becks, it seems. Even those who know little about MLS. It amused me that the BBC would take in the NY/LA game, watch Juan Pablo Angel's goal, Van Den Bergh's cracker, Buddle's dribble and chip and come away with the description of "second-division football".
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The official Galaxy blog is listing this lineup:

Buddle Ruiz

Donovan Beckham

-Vagenas Pires

Jazic Vanney Roberts Klein

-Cronin
Subs: Wicks, Dominguez, Franchino, Randolph, Tudela, Allen and Gordon.

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He was a laughing stock, awkward, enigmatic, inconsistent, a full of potential but far from reaching it kind of a player. Now? He's got his own T-shirt.

Hat trick Buddle? Who saw this coming?

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Thinking back on last years epic encounter, and awaiting this years confrontation, one has to be astounded by the difference a year has made. Here are a couple of things that stick out most for me:

1) The Bulls are trying to avoid the basement, while the Galaxy are trying to steal away first place from Real Salt Lake.

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Chivas USA draw in the most recent battle for LA. Chivas USA scored there only point through Ante Razov with a spectacular strike from outside the box. To be fair, he deserves goal of the week... again.

Brad was Brad stopping almost every shot on goal. Buddle snuck one past.

Shavar Thomas is back in the fold and played great.

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He may be tied for the league lead in goals, but Edson Buddle didn't seem to be letting that puff him up too much.
He still doesn't like turf, though he'd like to play in the All-Star Game. He's especially self-deprecating when talking about his national team chances.

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After a couple of underwhelming victories the past few weeks, this win was just what United needed to not only continue their unbeaten streak, but also gain some confidence going into Superliga. Recently, United has been beating lesser opponents while giving up too many goalscoring opportunities. But in this match, against inarguably one of the most talented offensive teams in the league, DC dominated possession, dominated the scoreline, and performed admirably well on defense. Click to continue reading...

There are many reasons to love the European Champions, but my favorite is the lack of a third-place playoff. As you know we align ourselves with Glengarry Glen Ross on third-place . . . although we aren't sure the EUROs give a Caddy for first place. (What is the European equivalent to the big-ass, gas-guzzling, ostentatious Cadillac El Dorado?

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Normally I don't condone talking about a players race, religion, sexuality or wife & children. But in the cae fo the photo above, the Screaming Eagles kind of have a point. Sorry Posh, but they can hit them highs in way that you can't...they are the Mariah Carey of supporters groups.
Depending on what part of the country you are in you'll need to either skip church, wake up early or not even go to sleep to watch Sunday's 12pm EST match between DC United and LA Galaxy, a game we're calling "The Nooner" here at TOR Towers. Click to continue reading...

Week 13 already?

Looks like we're doing well though.  Landon Donovan and Edson Buddle are #1 and #2 respectively on the MLS high-scoring list.  A Galaxy player has captured 6 of the last 12 MLS Player of the Week awards.  We lead the Western standings.  So far so good!

The Columbus Crew come to the HDC with a record of 7-4-1 versus our record of 6-4-2.

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